| RefNo | CLP/10iii/42/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Manuscript, 'An account of a method lately found out in New England for discovering where the bees hive' by Paul Dudley |
| Date | [1720] |
| Description | Dudley describes a method of finding beehives by placing a plate of honey, sugar, or molasses in the woods, then observing the direction any attracted bees fly after smelling the honey and using this information to locate the hive.
Subject: Agriculture
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of a method lately found out in New-England, for discovering where the bees hive in the woods, in order to get their honey'.
Read to the Royal Society on 30 June 1720. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1720.0038
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 31 (1721), p 148 |
| RelatedRecord | CLP/10iii/42 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7811 | Dudley; Paul (1675 - 1751) | 1675 - 1751 |